Improved vegetable-cutteb



.TO ALL` WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE l?, AHACHENBERG, of Coxsaekie, inthe county ofGreene, and State of New GEORGE P. HACHENBERG, or 'Coliseo-Km, NEW4 YORK..

Lettera Patent Nef 73,597, elated January 2l, 1868.'

IMROVED VEGETABLB-GUTTER;

York, have invented a. new and improved Gutter for Vegetables, 85e.; and I do herebydeclnre that the fo'llowing isa. full; clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to` make and use the sam-e, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The cutter embraced in the present invention is soconstructed and arranged in its several pai-ts that cabbage,fpotatoes, or other vegetables, apples, &c., placed in and subjectcd'to the same, will be cut by the knives .,employed, which are connected to a. head or disk, arranged to rotate o r revolve, and in sucha manner attached as to be susceptible of adjustment for cutting the vegetables in thicknesses more or lessgrea't or small. In the accompanying plate of drawings, my improved cutter for vegetables, Sie., is illustrated---- Figure 1 being a plan or top view of the same. i

Figure 2, a vertical section taken inthe plane ot' the line a: :11, fig. 1.

A, in the drawings, represents a box or vessel, which inthe present instance is made of a cylindrical shape,l

uudat its lower end has a series of similar bracket-arins, B. These bracket-arms Breach carry a similar roller or' wheel, C, o n which the vessel A stands, and on and against these rollers C -rests and runs the ring D, that, upon its upper side, is provided with a series of gear-teeth,'E. This ring D, by its ange F, projects 'within the vessel A, anden such angeis there set a circular plate or disk, G, that, by notches a in tsedge, is interloeked with lugs b of. the said flange, so'as to turn therewith.' 'In this diskG are openings Il, over each of which a knife or cutter-blade, l, is fixed in position, so as to present its cutting-edge, J', above the plate,l with reference to which th'umb-scr.ews K are provided, and arranged in connection with the blades, so that theircutting-edges can be adjusted for cutting up a greater or less distance from the disk, and thus slices or pieces from the vegetables of corresponding thickness and size. M, a cross-bar, fixed in vessel A'just at the plane of revolution of the cutter-disk. N, a follower or head,'ot` suitable forni, to press the vegetables being cut down upon the knives. This follower is provided with acentre stein, having handle, for convenience in using it. Q,

a geur-wheel, arranged to turn .in a vertical plane upon the outsideofvessel V`A, and provided with a crankhandle, R. By this gear Q the cutter is driven, and made, through its knife-blades, to cut the vegetables as desired. S, a bracket-arm, fixed to the body of the vessel A, 4by whiclrarrn the cutter is to bcfastened lto a bench or other suitable place. The thumb-screws are inserted in wooden blocks T', (see iig. 3,) held in fixed metal rings U, applied'to the bottom side of the disk carrying the knives. I

I- claim as new, and desire to secure byALetters Patent- 4 The combination of the stationary vessel A, revolving toothed ring D, having flange F'undcr the lower edge of the vessel A, slotted revolving disk G, itted, by slots a, upon the lugs b of the toothed ring, cutters I, adjusting-screws K, sockets U, fixed. bar M, in the vessel A, follower and gear-wheel Q,`all operating as described, for the purpose specitied. y G. P. H CHENBERG.

Witnesses:

G. Lusk, C. F. BROWN. 

